Lauren Matteini, MD, now approaches many cervical spine cases by trying to disqualify the operation she would prefer to perform. The operation is cervical disc replacement. “In my practice now, I’m ...

A Medicare policy expanding competitive bidding could cut off vulnerable patients from the products and support they depend on to stay healthy at home.

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, ...

For years, posterior cervical spine surgery has required a trade-off. Surgeons could use lateral mass screws, the long-standing workhorse of posterior cervical fixation. The technique was familiar, ...

The celebrity world is in mourning this week after Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane’s passing. The heartbreaking news came nearly ten months after the actor, 53, announced that he was diagnosed with ...

1 Cardiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. 2 Cardiology Department, Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of ...

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating complication following total arch replacement (TAR) with frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). This ...

The spinal cord is harder to access and study than even the brain. The challenges posed by its mobility and anatomical structure have made understanding exactly how it functions difficult. Rice ...

Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) remains a devastating complication after aortic dissection or repair. A primary hypoxic damage is followed by a secondary damage resulting in further cellular loss via ...

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